Turkey national under-21 football team
Turkey's national Under-21 football team (Turkish: Ümit Milli Futbol Takımı), also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.
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Nickname(s) | Ümit Milli | ||
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Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Tolunay Kafkas | ||
Captain | Rıdvan Yılmaz | ||
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First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) | ||
Best result | Groupstage |
History
This team is for Turkish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s, as Oğuzhan Özyakup has done recently. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible).
Competitive Record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
Edition | Round | MP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |||
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No host 1978 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||||
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No host 1982 | ||||||||||
No host 1984 | ||||||||||
No host 1986 | ||||||||||
No host 1988 | ||||||||||
No host 1990 | ||||||||||
No host 1992 | ||||||||||
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![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||
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- *Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
Toulon Tournament
- 2002 Toulon Tournament - 8th place
- 2004 Toulon Tournament - 7th place
- 2008 Toulon Tournament - 6th place
- 2012 Toulon Tournament - 2nd place
- 2018 Toulon Tournament - 3rd place
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss
2020
13 October 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier | England ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Wolverhampton, England |
20:30 (19:30 BST) | Report |
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Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod (France) |
13 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier | Turkey ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Samsun, Turkey |
18:00 (19:00 TRT) |
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Report | Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary) |
17 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier | Turkey ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Samsun, Turkey |
17:00 (18:00 TRT) |
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Report | Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia) |
2021
26 March International friendly | Croatia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Zagreb, Croatia |
15:00 (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Referee: Ante Čuljak (Croatia) |
30 March International friendly | Turkey ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
18:00 (19:00 TRT) |
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Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadyumu Referee: Ömer Faruk Turtay (Turkey) |
2 June International friendly | Turkey ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey |
19:00 (20:00 TRT) |
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Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Çağdaş Altay (Turkey) |
3 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Turkey ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Bursa, Turkey |
19:00 (20:00 TRT) | Report | Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary) |
7 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Turkey ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Bursa, Turkey |
18:30 (19:30 TRT) |
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Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia) |
12 October 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Kazakhstan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
13:30 (18:00 ALMT) |
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Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway) |
12 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Belgium ![]() | v | ![]() | Belgium |
16 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Turkey ![]() | v | ![]() | Turkey |
2022
25 March 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Scotland ![]() | v | ![]() | Scotland |
14 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Denmark ![]() | v | ![]() | Denmark |
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Belgium on 3 September 2021 and against Scotland on 7 September 2021.
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All caps and goals as of 7 September 2021 after match against Scotland.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Berke Özer | 25 May 2000 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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GK | Abdullah Yiğiter | 20 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Rahmi Kaya | 21 May 2002 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Serdar Saatçi | 14 February 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Emre Kaplan | 12 January 2001 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Seyfettin Anıl Yaşar | 1 July 2002 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Rıdvan Yılmaz | 21 May 2001 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | İsmail Çokçalış | 21 June 2000 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Erdoğan Kaya | 27 March 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Şefik Abalı | 7 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Ahmet Gülay | 13 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Erkan Süer | 12 July 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Kartal Yılmaz | 4 November 2000 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Abdussamed Karnuçu | 4 February 2000 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Kerem Atakan Kesgin | 5 November 2000 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Melih İbrahimoğlu | 17 July 2000 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Tiago Çukur | 30 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Rahmi Anıl Başaran | 27 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Eren Karadağ | 1 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Egemen Pehlivan | 11 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Mohamed Zeki Amdouni | 4 December 2000 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Enes Karakuş | 3 January 2001 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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- SEN = Player have been called up to the senior team.
- INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
Former players
- Abdullah Ercan
- Alpay Özalan
- Arda Turan
- Arif Erdem
- Bülent Korkmaz
- Colin Kazim-Richards
- Emre Aşık
- Emre Belözoğlu
- Fatih Terim
- Gökhan Töre
- Gökhan Zan
- Hakan Şükür
- Halil Altıntop
- Mehmet Topal
- Mehmet Topuz
- Nihat Kahveci
- Necati Ateş
- Nuri Şahin
- Okan Buruk
- Saffet Sancaklı
- Semih Şentürk
- Sergen Yalçın
- Tuncay Şanlı
- Ümit Özat
- Volkan Demirel
- Yıldıray Baştürk
Former Coaches
- 1957-1959:
Şeref Görkey
- 1960-1962:
Şeref Görkey
- 1976-1977:
Candan Tarhan
- 1981-1982:
Şeref Görkey
- 1984-1984:
Yılmaz Gökdel
- 1990-1993:
Fatih Terim
- 1993-1996:
Erdoğan Arıca
- 1996-1998:
Rıza Çalımbay
- 1998-2005:
Raşit Çetiner
- 2005-2006:
Reha Kapsal
- 2006-2006:
Tolunay Kafkas
- 2006-2007:
Ünal Karaman
- 2007-2008:
Ümit Davala
- 2008-2010:
Hami Mandıralı
- 2010-2012:
Raşit Çetiner
- 2013-2018:
Abdullah Ercan
- 2018-2018:
Alpay Özalan
- 2018-2020:
Vedat İnceefe
- 2020-present:
Tolunay Kafkas